"From the Hips is a modern mom's guide to pregnancy that skillfully balances
expert know-how from doctors, midwives, lactation consultants, and doulas
with wise and funny tales from the mom front. Controversial issues like
elective C-sections, cosleeping, and extended breastfeeding are explored in
a rational, refreshing way, and hundreds of anonymous-mom quotes throughout
the book make you feel like legions of girlfriends are guiding you through
the fabulous but sometimes treacherous path of pregnancy and parenting."

-- Cookie

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"The honest talk about epidurals and C-sections, including anonymous
quotes from moms, is must-read info for anyone planning a hospital
birth. In fact, the book is full of frank advice about most of today's
biggest hurdles for pregnant women, from going back to work to
breastfeeding in public... At every step, it addresses not just what
you'll be going through physically, but what you and your partner
might be addressing emotionally, too. Cheers to this realistic take on
the lifestyle change that is pregnancy and parenthood.

-- Pregnancy Magazine

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"Incredibly important reading for anyone about to have a baby.From the
Hips gives you what you need to make informed decisions, shares
experiences from other parents that will make you laugh, and reveals
many of the secrets our mothers didn't tell us.."

-- Rosalind Wiseman, author, Queen Bee Moms and Wannabe Dads

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"If you buy one pregnancy/childbirth book, buy this
one. If you buy 10 pregnancy/childbirth books, read
this one first. And if you're EXPECTING your second
baby, buy this book anyway and wish that it had been
around the first time you got pregnant."

-- Pamela Paul, author, The Starter Marriage and The Future of Matrimony

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"What every new parent needs.a ton of expert advice, presented with
humor and zero negativity, from two moms who instantly feel like your
best friends. This is the one pregnancy guide that new parents will
actually want to read."

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"From The Hips is a deeply refreshing, honest look at the profound
changes we undergo during pregnancy and beyond. Ceridwen and Rebecca
unabashedly go into areas that other guides shy away from, offering
support to every kind of prospective mother. Being pregnant and having
a child is alternately the most beautiful, complex, difficult,
rewarding experience a woman can imagine. This book gives it straight
and from all sides, without judgment, and with irreverent humor and
candor from its authors."

-- Gwyneth Paltrow

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"Supportive, positive, real, and rarely preachy. Finally a reference
guide for parents that treats us like we have brains."

-- Bust Magazine

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"Welcome to this no-holds-barred, no-judgment-ever,
what-your-real-girlfriends-would-tell-you guide to pregnancy and
parenting. Formula, breastfeeding, fashion, work, sex, and what to do
with your baby in a taxi: in From The Hips, all have pros, cons, and
ambiguity, too. Mothers (and fathers, too), read this book and relax
into its soon-to-be-famous parenting mantra: Strive for
Imperfection"

-- Miriam Peskowitz, author, The Truth Behind the Mommy Wars: Who
Decides What Makes a Good Mother